Eye mounting for dolls



May 12, 1931. L. J. GRUBMAN EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed Jan. 2, 1926 m R Y 04 E m m ww m. r 2v 6% H views Patented May 12, 1931 UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE LEO J. GRUBMAN, F BELLE NEW YORK EYE moun'rme non norms Application filed January 2, 1926. Serial N'o. 78,728.

This invention relates to eye mountings Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken for dolls, and has for its primary object and on the line 2-2 of Fig .1; purpose to provide simple, effective and F1g. 3 is a rear elevation showing the eye quickly operable means for attaching the mounting 1n its appliedposition;

6 eye mounting in operative relation to the F1 4t 1s'a deta1l vertical section taken on wall of the doll head and with the spaced the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

artificial eye members properly 1 cated or Fig. is a detail horizontal section taken ositioned with respect to the spaced sockets on the llne 5-5 of Fig. 3;

1n the head wall. I Fig. 6 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 1, In its broader aspects, my present imillustrating a slightly modified form of the provement comprehends the provision of device, and I such an attaching means for an eye mount- Fig. 7' 1s a sectional vlew taken substaneach of .tially on the line 77 of Fig. 6.

ing having spaced bendable parts, 7 which is rovided with means adapted to be For the purpose of 1llustrat1ng the manof application of my improved eye impaled 1n the structure of the doll head ner all, mount1ng,"inthe accompanying drawings, I More particularly, in a practical embodihave shown a doll head- 5 which may be ment of the invention, 1 provide the spaced molded or otherwise fashioned from'wood members with means for transmitting oscilpulp, pap'ier-mach or other suitable compolatory motion thereto including a common sitlonniaterial'. The front wall of this doll pivotal axis for said members, and an athead 1s provided with the usual eye sockets taching plate in which said axis is mounted, the said plate being provided with bendable spaced relation to the other molded facial parts adapted to be ositioned at opposite features of the doll head. sides of a portion of t e doll head structure In the illustrated construction, I have shown the artificial eye members 7 in the and each of said parts terminating in an an gularly disposed spur adapted to be imform of substantially hemispherical shells,

though in so far as my present improvebedded or impaled in the head structure when said parts are bent to assume a prements are concerned, this is not an essential determined position relative to said struc feature and if desired these eye members ture. may be' of solid construction. For the pur- With the above and other objects in view, pose of transmitting oscillatory motion to the invention consists in the improved eye these eye members they are connected by a mounting for dolls, and in the form, concommon axis or pivot rod 8 extending struction and relative arrangement of its through the geometrical centers of said eye several parts as will be hereinafter more members. To ghe opposite ends of this pivgular end portions 9 of a fully described, illustrated in the accomot rod, the panying drawings, and subsequently incorframe plate ,are suitably fixed, said frame plate having a depending central portion 11 disclosed to which a suitable weight 12 is fixed whereby said frame plate is caused to swing or porated in the subjoined claims. 40 In the drawings, wherein I have several simple and practical embodiments of my present improvements and in which simoscillate in the manipulation of the doll. ilar reference characters designate corre- The swinging movement of said frame plate sponding parts throughout theseveral and therefore the. oscillatory movement of the eye members in the respective sockets in Fi ure 1 is a vertical sectional view one direction, is limited in theusual manner through a doll head taken approximately on by contact of a suitable resilient bumper the line 11 of Fig. 2, and showing one member 13 on the weight 12 with the front form of my improved doll eye mounting arwall of the doll head. ranged therein; As shown in Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawings,

indicated at 6, arranged in appropriate the front wall of the doll head between the spaced e e sockets is formed with a vertically exten 'ng rib 14 on the inner side thereof,

said rib at its approximate center being recessed as at 15.

For the purpose of securely attaching the eye mountlng in its applied position with respect to the doll head wall', I provide a plate 16 having angularly disposed flanges 17 on its opposlte side edges, ,each of which of said parts at its'extremity terminating in ings.

an inwardly projecting spur 21.

In the application of the device above described to its operative position within the doll head, as the eye members 7 are ositioned in the respective sockets 6 of the ead wall, the pivot rod 8 for said eye members 'is located within the central recess 15 of the rib 14 on the head wall and the flanges 17 of the attaching late are positioned in parallel relation to this rib at the opposite sides thereof. Sufficient pressure is now applied to cause the end spurs 19 to become firmly impaled or imbedded' in the rib 14. Thereafter, by means of a suitable tool, the parts 20 at the upper and lower ends of the attaching plate are bent inwardly so that the spurs 21 thereon will also be forcibly imbedded in the rib 14. In this manner, it will be evident that the oscillatory eye mounting maybe very quickly and securely attached in 1ts applled position with the spaced eye members in accurate relation to the walls of the eye sockets. The spurs 19 above referred to serve to initially fix the location of the eye members 7 and their pivot rod 8 with respect to the eye openings in the wall of the doll head, said spurs servin to hold the mounting in such location while the parts 20 are subsequently bent inwardly to impale or imbed the spurs 21 thereof in the part 14 of the doll head structure whereby the attaching plate is immovably fixed with relation to said structure, and the mounting thus permanently supported in accurately located relation with the eye open- I have above referred to the plate 16 as a support for an oscillatory eye mounting, but it will be obvious that this improved supporting member may also be used for the pur ose of attaching and supporting various ot er devices upon the wall of the doll head. It isto be particularly noted that by memes reason of the described means for attaching the supporting member on plate 16 to the wall 0 the doll head, the element im- -1 mediately supported thereby, (in the present instance the axis 8) is positioned substantially in the same lane as the attaching spurs 21, perpendicularly of the doll head wall. Therefore most of the strain or stress transmitted .to the attachin spursis in a vertical direction so that t c said spurs are not so likelyto work loose or to be pulled from the wall structure of the doll head.

In Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, I have shown an alternative form of the attaching means, wherein the side flanges of the attaching plate 16' are extended downwardly below the body of the plate as at 22 to provide bearings for the pivot rod or axis of the eye mounting. In this case, the rib or projection on the inner side of the headwall is located substantially above the eye socket 6 and does not extend between and below the same. The means for securing this plate 16' in fixed relation tothe rejection of the doll head wall is substantia lly the same as that above described.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with theaccompanying drawand several advantages of the described cmbodiments of my present disclosure will be clearly understood. The device consists of comparatively few parts which are of very simple form, thereby reducing to a minimum the manufacturing costs of the mounting while at the same time enabling the eyes to be easily, quickly and properly mounted within the doll head without requiring the exercise of a very hi h degree of skill upon the part of the wor men. I believe it to be new in the art to provide an attaching means for such oscillatory eye mountings having bendable parts provided with spurs or other equivalent means and which may be bent by means of a simple tool to impale or imbed said spurs in the structure of the head wall, and I have herein illustrated and de scribed several simple and practical cong structions for accomplishing this purpose.

tive arrangement of the several parts as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim: I

1. An attaching and supporting member for oscillatory eye mountings for dolls having integrally formed parts positioned in angular relation to each other and having means adapted to be impaled in angularly related surfaces internally formed upon the front wall of a doll head.

2. An attaching and supporting member for oscillatory eye mountings for dolls consisting of a rectangular plate adapted to be arranged in substantially parallel relation to the front wall of the doll head, said plate being provided upon its opopsite side edges with means yieldable relative to the plate and adapted to be embedded in spaced surfaces internally formed on the doll head wall, and additional means integrally formed with one end of the plate and adapted to impale an internal projection of the doll head wall between said spaced surfaces.

3. Au attaching and supporting member for oscillatory eye mountings for dolls consisting of a plate adapted to be arranged in substantially parallel relation to an internal projection on the front wall of the doll head, said plate having integrally formed parts opposed to substantially parallcl surfaces on said projection, and said parts carrying means adapted to be embedded in said surfaces of the projection to thereby fix the supporting plate in its attached position.

4. An attaching and supporting member for oscillatory eye mountings for dolls consisting of a plate having supporting means for the mounting adapted to be arranged in substantially parallel relation to an internal projection on the front wall of the doll head, said plate having'integrally formed anchoring parts to engage substantially parallel spaced surfaces on said projection.

- 5. An attaching and supporting member for an oscillatory eye mounting for dolls consisting of a plate having supporting means to receive the axis of an oscillatory eye mounting, said plate adapted to be positioned with respect to spaced internally formed surfaces on the front wall of a doll head and having integrally formed relatively yieldable edge portions provided with means adapted to be embedded in said surfaces of the doll head wall to thereby fix said plate in its attached position.

6. In combination with a doll head having spaced vertical surfaces internally formed on its front wall, an attaching and supporting plate for an oscillatory eye mounting having parts projecting from one side of the plate at an angle to the plane thereof and provided with means adapted to be embedded in the respective internal vertical surfaces on the head wall to fix said plate in its attached position.

7 In combination with a doll head having an internal projection on its front wall providing vertically extending angularly related surfaces, an attaching and supporting plate for an oscillatory eye mounting adapted to be positioned in substantially parallel relation with said projection on the head Wall, and said plate being provided upon its opposite side edges and upon one of its ends with parts integrally formed with said plate and extending in angular relation to each other adapted to be embedded in the respective angularly related surfaces of said projection to thereby fix said plate in its attached position.

8. In combination with a doll head havin an internal projection on its front wall and an oscillatory eye mounting for said head said mounting including an axis; an attaching plate for the eye mounting having bearing means for the axis thereof and adapted to be positioned with respect to said projection on the head wall, said plate being provided with bendable parts positioned on opposite sides of said projection on the head wall and each terminating in an angularly projecting spur adapted to be impaled under pressure in said projection.

9. In combination with a doll head having an internal projection on its front wall. and an oscillatory eye mounting for said head, said mounting including an axis; an attaching plate for the eye mounting having bearing means for the axis thereof and adapted to be positioned with respect to said projection on the head wall, said plate at its upper and lower ends being provided with rigid angularly projecting spurs to be imbedded in said projection at vertically spaced points, and said plate at its opposite side edges being also provided with bendable parts each terminating in an angularly projecting spur adapted to be impaled in the relatively opposite sides of said projection to extend in angular relation to said first named spurs.

10. In combination with a doll head having eye openings in its front wall and spaced vertically extending surfaces internally formed on said wall between the eye openings, an attaching plate for an oscillatory eye mounting having integrally formed means for supporting the eye mounting and adapted to be attached solely to the front wall of the doll head between said spaced vertically extending surfaces, and said plate also having additional integral parts at its opposite side edges provided with means adapted to be embedded in said spaced vertical surfaces of the head wall to thereby fixedly secure said plate in its attached position.

11. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye openings in its front wall and spaced vertically extending surfaces internally formed on said wall, connected relatively yieldable attaching parts having means to respectively impale said spaced vertical surfaces and retain said attaching parts in fixed relation to the head wall, and a part connected with and depending below said attaching parts provided with bearing means positioned adjacent said eye openings eye members and a shaft carrying said-eye members rotatably mounted in said bearing means.

12. An eye mounting for dolls comprising attaching means embodying a sheet metal plate having integrally connected angularly related parts yieldable under pressure relative to each other, said plate having spaced ends provided with means adapted to be embedded under pressure in spaced internal surfaces formed on the front wall of a doll head, and an additional part connected with the attaching means and depending therefrom, said part being provided with hearing means to receive the axis of an oscillatory eye setting.

13. As a new article of manufacture, a supporting member for attachment to a doll head comprising a metal plate provided on opposite edges thereof with integrally formed parts bendable to angularly projecting positions relative to the plane of said plate, and each of said parts having its terminal portion angularly bent relative to said part and formed to provide an attaching spur adapted to impale the wall structure of a doll head when said part is bent with respect to the plate.

14. As a new article of manufacture, a supporting member for attachment to a doll head comprising a metal plate provided on opposite edges thereof with formed parts bendable to angularly projecting positions relative to the plane of said plate, and each of said parts having its terminal portion angularly bent relative to said part and formed to provide an attaching spur adapted to impale the wall structure of a doll head when said part is bent with res ect to the plate, and said plate being furt er provided with additional integrally formedmeans for supporting a member substantially in the same plane as said attachingnspurs perpendicularly of the doll head wa 15. In a device of the character specified the combination of a dolls head having eyesockets and projecting from the inner wall of the face portion thereof a post having opposite side walls, an eye hanger comprising a body portion, opposite upstanding ears thereon, each of said ears being provided with a plurality of inturned teeth, the distance between opposite teeth being approximately equal to the width of said head post and means on said'hanger for operatively supporting an eye shaft and opposite eyeballs, said ears being pressed inwardly toward each other and said teeth penetrating said head post whereby said hanger is secured in position.

16. In a device of the character specified the combination with a dolls head having eye-sockets and projecting from the inner integrally.

wall of the face portion thereof a post having opposite side walls, of an eye hanger comprising a body portion, opposite upstanding ears thereon each of said ears being provided with an lnturned tooth the distance between opposite teeth being approximately equal to the width of said head post, means on said han er for operatively su porting an eye sha t and opposite eye-ba ls and an eye-shaft and eye-balls carried by said means, said hanger being constructed and adapted for being positioned relatively to said post by the seating of said eye-balls in the eye-sockets and said teeth being constructed and adapted for penetrating said head post upon said ears being pressed inwardly toward each other for securin said hanger in position.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

LEO J. GRUBMAN. 

